THE WBA have told Carl Frampton and Scott Quigg that whoever wins their showdown in Manchester next month must next face Cuba’s super-bantam kingpin Guillermo Rigondeaux.
Frampton, the IBF champion, is due to meet England’s Quigg, the WBA champion, at the Manchester Arena on February 27 in a unification clash. The WBA, in a ruling which will leave Rigondeaux’s manager - Cork’s Gary Hyde - wryly shaking his head, issued a resolution with regard to Rigondeaux. The ruling designates the Miami-based southpaw, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, as the champion “in recess”, according to WBA chief Gilberto Jesus Mendoza.
Mendoza said: “Rigondeaux shall come out of recess and face the winner of the February 27 unification bout between WBA champion Scott Quigg and IBF champion Carl Frampton.”
If the Frampton and Quigg fight ends in a draw, Quigg will get a shot at Rigondeaux. The Rigondeaux/Frampton or Rigondeaux/Quigg bout must take place on or before July 27.
Rigondeaux was stripped of the WBA title because he didn’t defend it in time and Quigg was elevated to title-holder.